Buriat, Mongolia

A language of Mongolia

ISO 639: bxm
Alternate Names: Buriat-Mongolian, Burraad, Buryat, Mongolian Buriat, Northern Mongolian
Population: 42,500 (2016), decreasing.
Location:: Bulgan, Dornod, Hentiy, Hovsgol, Selenge, and Tov provinces: especially Russian Republic of Buryatia border area.
Language Status: 6a* (Vigorous).
Classification: Mongolic, Eastern, Oirat-Khalkha, Khalkha-Buriat, Buriat
Dialects: Khori, Aga, Barga. Buriat in Mongolia is a variety of Khori and differs considerably from Buriat [bxu] of China and the Russian Federation. Influenced by and mutually intelligible with standard (Halh) Mongolian [khk]. A member of macrolanguage Buriat [bua].
Language Use: Also use Halh Mongolian [khk], as literary language.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: High in Halh Mongolian [khk]. Literature. Videos. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2010.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Buriat, Mongolia
Writing: Cyrillic script [Cyrl]. Latin script [Latn], used in 1930s. Mongolian script [Mong], used until 1917.
Other Comments: Some books in Buriat. Not a literary language in Mongolia. Traditional religion, Buddhist.

Location: Bulgan, Dornod, Hentiy, Hovsgol, Selenge, and Tov provinces: especially Russian Republic of Buryatia border area.